Aquila must know she's heading home, as she's had a bone in her teeth all of yesterday and last night. We logged 160 miles in the last 24 hours, one of the best days of the whole voyage. There were several "lasts" logged as well: the last night watches, the last dishes done at sea, the last of the blue water. I smelled shore last night, and have smelled tide flats this morning. There is kelp in the water and a fog-bank lurking just offshore of us. We're on track to pass Pt. Reyes at the end of the afternoon. We're hoping it won't be fogged in, because the sunset there can be so lovely. But we know the statistics of that point, so we'll see when we get there.

We have quite a nice tide for the run in to the Bay tomorrow, flooding all afternoon. We're probably going to lift hook mid-morning sometime, and be back at the marina by the end of the day. If anyone from Davis or the Bay area wishes to come down to welcome us, that would be great! We'll almost certainly be at the F dock of Marina Bay Richmond, unless they force us to go somewhere else. They have a nice web site with a map. To get through the gate, either loiter until somene goes by, and we'll keep a lookout as well. Or prop the gate open (shhh!). If anything changes, we'll post here as soon as we know.